Beisan Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Beisan Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بيسان, Hebrew: נפת ביסאן) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located around the city of Baysan. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated; most of it became part of Israel, and has been merged with the neighboring Nazareth Subdistrict to from the modern-day Jezre'el County. The southernmost parts, however, fell within the modern-day West Bank - because of that, they were first occupied and unilaterally annexed by Jordan, and were later occupied by Israel following the Six-day War.

Subdistricts grouped by districts in 1945. Galilee District with Beisan Subdistrict in green.
Depopulated towns and villages

Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945.
- Arab al-'Arida
- Arab al-Bawati
- Arab al-Safa
- al-Ashrafiyya
- Al-Bira
- Beisan
- Danna
- Farwana
- al-Fatur
- al-Ghazzawiyya
- al-Hamidiyya
- Al-Hamra
- Jabbul
- Kafra
- Kawkab al-Hawa
- al-Khunayzir
- Masil al-Jizl
- al-Murassas
- Qumya
- al-Sakhina
- al-Samiriyya
- Sirin
- Tall al-Shawk
- Khirbat Al-Taqa
- al-Tira
- Umm 'Ajra
- Khirbat Umm Sabuna
- Yubla
- Zab'a
- Khirbat Zawiya
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